Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Wish You Were Here
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mark Wills
| album = Wish You Were Here
| B-side = "Emily Harper"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=470–471|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| released = {{start date|1999|01|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:00
| label = Mercury Nashville
| writer = Skip Ewing
Debbie Moore
Bill Anderson
| producer = Carson Chamberlain
| prev_title = Don't Laugh at Me
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = She's in Love
| next_year = 1999
}}
"Wish You Were Here" is a song written by Bill Anderson, Skip Ewing, and Debbie Moore, and recorded by American country music artist Mark Wills. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in January 1999 as the third single and title track from his album of the same name. The song was also Wills's first Billboard number-one single.
Background
Wills told Billboard magazine that it while some people say it is a sad song, "it's really a very positive, optimistic love song about life after death."Billboard, April 4, 1998
Chart positions
"Wish You Were Here" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 23, 1999.
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!align="left"|Chart (1999) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|4|chartid=8150|publishdate=May 24, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|34|artist=Mark Wills}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Mark Wills}} |
=Year-end charts=
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Mark Wills}}
Category:Songs written by Bill Anderson (singer)
Category:Songs written by Skip Ewing
Category:Song recordings produced by Carson Chamberlain
Category:Mercury Records singles
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